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by Chaebixi 3364 days ago
Also, aren't a lot of "fact checking" organizations actually explicitly partisan advocacy organizations?

edit: I'm not saying all of them, downvoters. I can't be the first one to think a partisan "fact check" could be an effective political tool.

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I find that usually the people checking one side's arguments are their partisan opposites. It makes for pretty comprehensive coverage given the adversarial nature, but it also leads to stupid shitflinging when they just cant resist inserting their own opinions into it.

Which the other side checks, and does the same thing.

Basically, politics is an ouroboros.

for snopes and politifact the answer is no.